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That is a great king there onaking great effort all round congrats. clifford

Not as good as the effort up north by the yaks that was a nice marlin and sensational effort. Fingers crossed we are going up north to ps next weekend if all goes well . thanks clifford

Hi to all been a while since we have been out so my mate Paul and myself went out on wednesday, we hit the boat ramp at 530 and made our way to 12 mile where we dropped our lures. It was about 830 when we hit the shelf when the 50 on the right hand rigger went off, my mate Paul grabbed the rod and held on as it ran i started to clear the deck when he told me he was running out of line so i left the last rod out and turned the boat around and started the chase. When we got most of the line back i pulled the last rod in. This is it we said as the marlin started to jump put on a good show for us this went on for about half an hour or so then it started to dive down, we plain the fish to the surface a couple of times before it took one last big run this took 3/4 of our reel down deep we sat fighting this marlin for about an hour and a half now and it was not kicking any more everytime we would drive the boat down current all it would do is take more line off the reel it did not plain the marlin. By now we had swopped and i was fighting the marlin, this went on for about another half an hour when the line gave way . We guessed the marlin had died down deep our tail rapped but one thing is it was like a dead wait on the line. We reset the rods, being that we had last all the line on the 50 i pulled out my tld30 to make 4 rods in the spread about 3 hours went by when we had another hit but it was the tld that went off. The marlin did a great jump as it hit the lure then took off like a bat out of hell we where in trouble it was not as big as the first one but big enough to empty my reel very quike. As we chased this one it started to jump then nothing i reeled the line thinking it was swimming our way, after winding for a while we relised that thy line had snapped this was strange as it was new line . We trolled for another 4 hours with no more hits, over all we had a great day and learnt alot as we tryed a diffrent set up this time and it came threw. I would like to thank Dave, Daniel and angry warnie for all of there advice on tech and style. Thanks Clifford

That is a ripper Marty what size tackle did you get it on. Fish of a life time they dont come that big that often congrats.

Hi Marlin great result for the day top effort. As what Jewgaffer said would like to know where you get the floor covering from as i hate my carpet and the smell it gets. thanks Clifford

great effort there guys .

It beats no hit at all Bruce. must be good to get out . Last couple of weeks been a bit slow on noregets. Clifford

great dollie there mate is that a pb for you .good work

Hi Dave Sounds like an eventfull day, i saw the seas today must have been tuff. Sounds like what happend to me up in Coffs empted the spool in 30 seconds our so, after speaking to a few people they all said could have been a big blue. better luck next time. Clifford

Great report there la pasha, looks like you guys had a great day out congrats. clifford

great effort there guys on the marlin we were out the day before saw a few hook up but did not turn a reel our self try again next week. good looking dollie also. clifford

Nice dollies mate. They are better than going home empty handed even if the bill did not show, good work. Clifford

Hi Rabs That looks like a fantastic trip mate, some nice dollies and wahoo. I dont blam you or the scipper i would not want to rumble with a whaler must have been a good fight , good effert on the blue as well. Clifford

great effort riceball. that is some big red for the harbour, good day. Clifford

Hi Sam I had a couple of mates up there over xmas they had the same sort of report a lot of rat kings they got two big dollies had a small school of yellow fin bust up next to them, very slow other words. What was the water temp, i heard the weather was not all that good. Clifford

Great king mate it will be a while before you top that one . It is good to see some nice size fish coming out of the harbour hires hopping it stays that way. Clifford

nice dollie mate. must have been a hell of a effort to clear that deck and gaff alone good stuff. clifford

hi Warnie As i report said up in coffs we came across a shark eaten teaser, we got off lightly but ill be setting it up with mono for the future.

Thanks for that Warnie have a good trip up north good luck...... clifford

Good report there mate sounds like you guys had a good day at lease rh did . good to see the young fella out on the water.

Welcome to fish raider Thats a monster calamari there mate looks like a great end to the day congrates.

Dam sham about your fishing mate but great effort on a solo day, nice king .

Sensational fish fellas thats a monster

Welcome to the site mate great bag there mate good to see your luck changed keep it up.

Thanks for the replys guys. daniel did not get a look at the fish would have been a sight, Warnie we have not done much in live baiting but we are keen to give it a crack we have got are selfs a rigging kit know and done a lot of reading just got to put it into practic any advise would be apreceated to show what not to do. Hope you all had a good xmas. clifford